Accsoon will be previewing two very interesting looking monitors at NAB in Las Vegas. Accsoon are perhaps best know for their Seemo  products that allow users to turn their iPhones into an SDI or HDMI equipped monitor or for thier extensive range of HD and 4K wireless video transmission systems (see my review of their 4K Cineview Master system here).

Now they are about to release a pair of really interesting monitors, The CineView M7 Pro and CineView M7. Both monitors have the ability to record footage at up to 4K60p in H.264 or H.265 direct to an SD card slot or to external USB thumb drives or external SSDs. This provides a simple solution for instant review of footage on-set, or sharing to social media and streaming platforms, with the increased processing power allowing the menus and file management to be incredibly responsive. Video and audio bitrates can be adjusted to match the required record times and storage media. I don’t yet have any information on bit rates, but the nice thing about H265 is it can deliver very high quality with very small files, so this could be an excellent backup for a cameras internal recording. They also have bluetooth allowing you to connect bluetooth headphones for audio monitoring.

The screens are 7-inch 1900×1200 displays with cinema-grade accuracy, covering 100% of Rec.709, and a 1500:1 ultra-high static contrast ratio. Like most modern monitors you get all the expected exposure and focus tools such as Waveform display, false colour, zebras and peaking etc.

They have powerful internal processors that allow the monitors monitors to work with both 3D and 1D LUTs which are loaded via USB, SD Card or flash drive. Importantly the CineView M7 and M7 PRO can also function as a LUT box allowing the transform to be applied to the output via HDMI, SDI or Wi-fi streaming, or to be ‘burned’ into the image recorded direct to card. This is a really nice feature. 

The monitor can also cross convert between HD and 4K, both up and down and the press release also mention the possible future ability to convert between different frame rates. 

The monitors take a pair of NP-F style batteries for onboard power and can also be powered via a DC input as well as USB-C PD.  

Powering Solutions:

Dual NP-F Slots

USB PD

DC

I/O Interfaces:

HDMI IN: Supports up to 4K60 DCI video input

HDMI OUT: Supports up to 4K60 DCI video output

SDI IN: 3G SDI. Supports up to 1080P60 video input

SDI OUT: 3G SDI. Supports up to 1080P60 video output

SD Card Slot: You can directly record to the SD Card, import LUTs from SD Card and offload footage to the SD Card.

USB 3.0 (Type-C): Plug in external storage devices for recording and file import/offload

Microphone jack (3.5mm): Supports external audio input to replace the audio signal embedded in the video source. 

Headphone jack (3.5mm): Supports using external headphones or speakers for audio monitoring.

Bluetooth: Supports audio monitoring using wireless earbuds. 

The CineView M7 Pro includes a built in wireless receiver that is compatible with Accsoon’s wireless video transmitters making it a strong candidate for use as a directors monitor. The CineView M7 does not have a built in receiver so will I assume be cheaper.

The projected price for the CineView M7 Pro is $900USD which seems extremely competitive for a monitor with this feature set, especially if you already own any of their wireless transmission systems.

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